linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] rename NUMA fault handling functions

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Date:	Fri, 19 Oct 2012 10:07:33 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl>
CC:	mingo@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	aarcange@...hat.com, Michel Lespinasse <walken@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] rename NUMA fault handling functions

On 10/19/2012 07:41 AM, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Thu, 2012-10-18 at 17:20 -0400, Rik van Riel wrote:
>> Having the function name indicate what the function is used
>> for makes the code a little easier to read.  Furthermore,
>> the fault handling code largely consists of do_...._page
>> functions.
>
> I don't much care either way, but I was thinking walken might want to
> use something similar to do WSS estimation, in which case the NUMA name
> is just as wrong.

That's a good point. I had not considered other uses of the
same code.

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